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At the request of SAVE THE FROGS!, on January 24th the City of Santa Cruz became the first city in the USA to ban bullfrogs. More recently, on February 28th I spoke to the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors, and they followed suit by voting unanimously to ban the importation, sale and purchase of American Bullfrogs in the county. We are now moving to the state level and hope to soon make California the first state in the country to ban these non-native predators that are imported into the state by the millions each year for use as pets and frog legs. Read the San Jose Mercury News Article by Jason Hoppin here.

It's great to see students helping out, so I was excited to see this letter to the editor appear in the February 21, 2012 Santa Cruz Sentinel, the most widely read newspaper in town. The Save The Frogs! Club of Santa Cruz High School is our first official high school chapter.

A week after this article appeared, the Board voted unanimously to ban the purchase, sale and importation of American Bullfrogs.

Thanks to a $5,000 grant from the Helen and Allan Ridley Charitable Trust, SAVE THE FROGS! is educating thousands of San Francisco students about the importance of amphibians! Through the San Francisco Tadpole Headstart Program, which is led by SAVE THE FROGS! and our partner Tree Frog Treks, we have already given 21 free presentations on amphibian conservation to nearly 2,100 San Francisco students. Tree Frog Treks compliments the presentations by bringing live native San Francisco tadpoles into classrooms to teach students about metamorphosis and threats to local frogs. Our goal is to get San Francisco kids excited about frogs and interested in protecting them. You can learn more about the San Francisco Tadpole Headstart Program at:

You can now download the Wild World of Frogs 2012 PowerPoint from our Slideshows page. This is the very slideshow I use at most of my presentations. Please pass it along to your fellow teachers and biologists. Thanks, enjoy and good luck!

Siouxz, me too and my friend Beka in Greece. Well, I guess that's better than being Locked-Up. LOL...I have thousands of mail to go thru and catching up. Cat Lovers had a Birthday Party for me but I was in the basement with Dottie. Finally got in to thank everyone. Still picking up your cards and comments and thank you soo much for all the birthday wishes. They mean a lot to me. Luv all my Fruudies. me and Dottie

Oh, Vinnie....I missed your Birthday!! I'm so sorry. Were you having a storm on your day & that's why you were in the basement? I've missed so much by not being on. Hugs to all Fruddies & a Happy belated Earth Day.

Yes, We were under Severe Thunderstorm Alerts. Spring in Tornado Alley is no fun. There is no other reason in the world Dottie and I would go down to that dank, moldy , spidery, dark basement unless the T.V. was beeping away. So glad to see you always Fruddy Buddy. xoxo

Please join me at San Francisco's Sharp Park May 19th for Drumming For The Frogs, a musical protest against the City of San Francisco's illegal killing of endangered California Red-Legged Frogs. Please bring a drum and a friend, and spread the word: this is an incredible opportunity to make our voices (and drums!) heard on a day when politicians who oppose environmental protections will be visiting Sharp Park. This will be fun and educational, plus it's great to be ACTIVE! I can't wait to see you there!

Lynn, I have trained myself how to fall properly.
Having taken many spills myself.
It was a great thing to learn. I've saved myself from getting really hurt a few times. Thanks for the info. TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF. !!!!

Sioux, this was a very unexpected fall and I couldn't catch myself. About 10:00 p.m., last week, in the middle of trying to plunge my toilet, it started to overflow. I bent down to turn off the water supply to the toilet and as I was getting up from the very narrow space between the toilet and the bathtub, I lost my footing, grabbed hold of the shower curtain (as if that would have helped. lol) and went down hard hitting the edge of my scale with my coccyx bone and my neck on the toilet paper receptacle. I was so shocked and scared that I burst into tears and sat on the floor crying like a baby. Sh*t (very apropo) happens!!!!

So glad to hear you didn't break anything. I've been crying for days now as I'm in Excrutiating pain. My lower disks in my spine are going fast and may need surgery, fer sure. Am in pain right now but must try to carry on. Lisa B. just made me Co-host of Watersheds group if anyone wants to Join. Luv all my Fruddy-Buddys and please stop throwing yourself around in the bathroom Lynn. lol. xoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Couldn't send you greenstar Iain so, . I've always been Blessed with having a sense of humor, no matter what the circumstances. I think God chose me for that for a reason. You silly boy..So you only fall on Friday nights, eh ? Humm, could it have anything to do with LOL.. Nighty, night Beloved Fruddies from me and old Dottie. New Achm. & Miles. Part VIII. Really Uplifting. Enjoy. xoxo

And we've all fallen Hard for you Siouxz, sis. Iain, I think all us Fruddies and Hoofies are just getting Old.. Come on! Admit it...LOL...Had to wait for storms to pass then had trouble agin LOGIN onto Care2. what the hell? Now too sleepy. Signed a few Petitions and am hitting the sack now. Anyway computer messing up, and Danny my computer guy was going to try and fix it from his house to my house via computer but thunder and lightening prevented us from plugging in. Maybe he can fix it tomorrow, as I'm running without my Virus protection. It says it's Expired and I don't have the money to buy more but I'm sure Danny has some new Free stuff up his sleeve after he gets home from work. He's a nice guy. Goodnight all my friends from me and Dottie says woofs to all fur or hoofy babys. See ya again when I can. Still in mourning but all your Love has helped sooo much. Iain, Siouxz and others. xoxoxoxoxoxoxo

The Togo Slippery Frogs are highly aquatic, seldom venturing far from water. They are amazing swimmers, and will dart underwater at the first sign of danger.

The frogs are known to live on only two streams in the world, both in Atewa Forest Range Reserve. The frogs are threatened by proposed mountaintop removal mining that would clog their streams, and by poachers from nearby villages who eat the frogs. The Togo Slippery Frog is unlikely to survive without a concerted effort on our part and yours to protect the Reserve as Ghana's 6th national park (Atewa Hills National Park), and to educate the locals and train them to grow alternative food sources and earn money through innovative means such as beekeeping and mushroom farming.

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